2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leichhardt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Changing patterns in living arrangements have shaped Leichhardt, where 26.3% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is higher than most similar areas. Most residents live in small groups, with 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Leichhardt — lower than 57% of areas.
| Leichhardt | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2040, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.3% of households are single-person homes, a figure slightly above the New South Wales average. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.6% of the total.
26.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leichhardt, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.7%. One-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the national and state figures.
11.9% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leichhardt, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12306/leichhardt/topic/family-households